January 2022 - Project under planning stage; August 2021 - Northumberland County Council has awarded Morgan Sindall Infrastructure a contract to build six new railway stations; June 2021 - Funding is set to be announced once the final designs are approved; March 2021 - Northumberland County Council has launched a tender for the Northumberland line stations construction project; May 2020 - Northumberland County Council has instructed Aecom and SLC Rail to take its plans for a new rail service through the design phase; Project is a part of Northumberland Railway Line Project; Project provides a two trains per hour service as well as two additional stations, at Seaton Delaval and Blyth Bebside, a passing loop south of Seghill between Northumberland Park and Seaton Delaval stations; Project cost - GBP37mn